Wood-working-tool handle



(ModeL) J. P. GREEN.

WOOD WORKING TOOL HANDLE.

4 No. 247,188. Patented Sept. 20.1881.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. GREEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WOOD-WORKING -TOOL HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,188, datedSeptember 20, 1881.

Application filed July 7, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES F. GREEN, a citizenof the United States, residing at 1443 Warnock street, in the city ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in File and Tool Handles; and do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinventiomsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a View of the hollow metal handle, with a square projectionor tang pointed, which is in the closed end of the handle, combined withthe wooden filling. Fig. 2 is a view of the wooden filling, which isperforated at both ends.

The object of my invention is'to provide a handle which will receive andfirmly hold a file or tool by its tang, and which can be applied to holdtools and files of various-sized tangs. i

My invention consists of a fileand tool handle which is hollow for acertain distance straight, and then is chambered the remainder, so as tomake it light and not expensive to make or unwieldy to use.

A represents a file or tool provided with a tang, B.

O 0 represent the hollow metal handle with square projection or tang, C.

D represents the wood, of any suitable hardness, with small hole E, inwhich the square projection or tang G enters and securely holds itinposition.

' F represents a small hole in the wood, in which the tang B enters.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A metal shell, 0, having internal projection or tang, O, at the closedend, combined with the wooden filling D, having perforations to receivetang, all forming a file and tool handle, substantially as described.

JAMES F. GREEN.

Witnesses:

Tuos.v L. BURNS,

J OSEPH MOANNULLY.

